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Me go da Galloway road, Gal an' boy them a broke rock stone, Broke them one by one gal an' boy, Broke them two by two gal an' boy, Take up the one that you like gal an' boy, Ah! this here one me like gal an' boy, broke them t'row them down gal an' boy. |
I go to Galloway road (where there is a quarry). Girls and boys are breaking stones. They break them one by one. They break them two by two, etc. Choosing stones suggests choosing partners.
XCIX.
We come across "dude" again in:—
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Rosybel oh why oh! Rosybel oh why oh! Rosybel let go Mister Porter son, Rosybel oh why oh! Rosybel cock cock crow da yard, Rosybel oh why oh! Rosybel let go Mister Porter son, Rosybel oh why oh! Rosybel oh why oh! Rosybel oh why oh Rosybel wheel him doodjes' now, Rosybel oh why oh! Rosybel cock cock crow you no know, Rosybel oh why oh! Rosybel wheel him let him go, Rosybel oh why oh! |